[happy character pointing at a painting of a french resistance fighter holding a molotov cocktail] Freedom fighters! Those people were heroes for fighting against oppression

[angry character shoving their smartphone in our face with a picture of a palestinian holding a rock] Evil terrorists! Those people are monsters for fighting against oppression

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  • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    23 hours ago

    “liberté, égalité, fraternité” you say ☞

    The Reign of Terror (French: La Terreur, lit. ‘The Terror’) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to the Federalist revolts, revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety. While terror was never formally instituted as a legal policy by the Convention, it was more often employed as a concept.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.world
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Transitioning from revolution to government is hard. It takes a very different kind of person to lead a successful revolution than to lead a democratic country.